The Phantom Killer : Unlocking the Mystery of the Texarkana Serial Murders
The Dallas Morning News “Fascinating. The series of attacks are so ruthless they still raise the hair on the back of your neck almost 70 years later. Presley's book is a triumph, that leaves no real doubt to the identity of the killer who left Texarkana and parts of two states frozen in fear.â€
Shackleton: By Endurance We Conquer
Library Journal: ★ 10/15/2014 One of the greatest Antarctic survival stories involves Ernest Shackleton (1874–1922) and his ship, Endurance, as it sailed the South Atlantic Ocean. For many, this series of facts encompasses one's total knowledge of the Irish explorer. Smith (An Unsung Hero: Tom Crean—Antarctic Survivor) seeks to change this vague understanding with the […]
Saving Simon: How a Rescue Donkey Taught Me the Meaning of Compassion
“This book handles the emotional highs and lows of living with animals with empathy and thoughtfulness, forcing readers to re-examine their own meanings of compassion and mercy.â€â€”Kirkus Reviews
The Yoga of Food: Wellness From the Inside Out: Healing the Relationship With Food & Your Body
Library Journal 06/01/2014 Psychologist Grabau has been a yoga practitioner for over ten years. This book is a labor of love, as the author hopes to help women by using her professional education, the knowledge from employing mind-body techniques with her own personal experience of an eating disorder, and clear explanations of pertinent yoga philosophy […]
Hard Choices
The New York Times Book Review – Peter Baker To its credit, Clinton's memoir is serious, sober and substantive…No fair-minded reader could finish this book and doubt Clinton's essential command of the issues, whatever one might think of her solutions for them. She roams widely and delves into war and peace, terrorism and Russia, economic […]
Plantiful : Start Small, Grow Big With 150 Plants That Spread, Self-sow, and Overwinter
Donated to the Lisbon Public Library by the Lisbon Lions Club in memory of Kathy Soukup.
The Dolphin Way
Donated to the Lisbon Public Library by the Lisbon Lions Club in memory of Lorrel Lord.
Let's Just Say It Wasn't Pretty
From Academy Award winner and bestselling author Diane Keaton comes a candid, hilarious, and deeply affecting look at beauty, aging, and the importance of staying true to yourself—no matter what anyone else thinks.
Long Mile Home : Boston Under Attack, the City's Courageous Recovery, and the Epic Hunt For Justice
"A new book about the Boston Marathon bombings last April is more gripping than a mystery novel, has more deeply drawn characters than a literary novel and is enriched by the details of a history book…It's an incredible story, and the heart-rending pictures in the middle of the book are a stark reminder that it's […]